Into a Peacocked hat

1970s, Alan Couldridge, harpers and queen, hats, Inspirational Images, liberty, liberty's, Norrie Maclaren

Liberty’s have two birthdays because it’s their centenary year as well, and they have been working round the clock bringing out special gifts, fabrics, clothes and even their very own scent for the occasion. They will be opening a ‘one-off’ boutique in the basement where you can buy some of the one-off designs they have been creating, and throughout the whole store you will be able to find the special birthday items. So that you can have a sneak preview of one of the designs, we photographed a two-layer straw hat with a green appliquéd peacock feather showing through, and its own choker; £55, by Alan Couldridge. Scarf from a selection.

Photographed by Norrie Maclaren.

Scanned from Harpers and Queen, June 1975.

Swanlike

barbara hulanicki, Barbara Hulanicki, biba, Hair and make-up, Inspirational Images, Make-up, Sarah Moon, Vogue

Softest summer face, swanlike, by Barbara Hulanicki of Biba, with new China Dll Foundation No 2 and No 1 around the eyes and nose, Peach Translucent Loose Powder and Peach Contour Powder blushing the cheeks. On the eyes: Peach Powder Tint, Honey Water Colour as an eyeliner and on the brows, and Brown Roll-On Mascara. On the lips: Peach Lip Colour. In the air: Biba Cologne. Cosmetics at Biba and Dorothy Perkins. Peach maribou jacket, crepe turban, both by Biba; hair tucked away by John of Leonard.

Photographed by Sarah Moon.

Scanned from Beauty in Vogue, Summer 1972.

Stay in One Piece

19 magazine, 1970s, Bellino, Inspirational Images, james wedge, Silhouette, swimwear, Tweka, Vintage Editorials, Wiki

Red Bandura halter-neck swimsuit, with low back. and shirring under bust, to give a flattering shape, ties at back of neck, by Wiki at Bellino, £5.75.

For the first time in ages we’ve seen really good one-piece swimsuits — so nice, in fact, that we might put our bikinis away in mothballs for a while! All the swimsuits photographed are extremely flattering, with low backs for a good sun tan, and well-cut.

Photographed by James Wedge.

Scanned from 19 Magazine, July 1972.

White nylon Grecian-style one-piece that clips together at back of neck, by Tweka, £9.95.

Black Bandura halter-neck swimsuit with low back, has fine, transparent line to give a striped effect, by Wiki at Bellino, £5.75.

Nylon stretch panne velvet one-piece in silver, with elasticated ruched centre seam and low back, by Silhouette, £5.99.

Red and white spotted Bandura one-piece with low V-neck front, by Wiki at Bellino, £5.99.

Black Antron velour stretch one-piece with scoop neck front, by Wiki at Bellino, £6.25.

Sittin’ Pretty

19 magazine, 1970s, Barkers, biba, Derry and Toms, Inspirational Images, interior design, interiors, Karl Stoecker, Lizzie Carr, Plain Clothes, Pontings, Renate Zatsch

Trying to brighten up your living area with the minimum of cost is a difficult thing to do if it involves buying a cosy sofa or even buying new seat covers (have you noticed the prices lately?). The only way for a poor girl to cope is to think practical and get into the cottage industry kick with some nice fabric, a needle and thread. The simplest and most comfortable way to make a living-room really liveable in—i.e., to plonk around and relax in, as well as providing a soft space for an overnight guest to kip on to go into cushions in a big way.

All cushions, except for our sag bags, came from Pontings. They do a range of foam and feather ones. We covered them in fabrics from a selection at Pontings, Derry and Toms and Barkers. Prices are for cushions only. We filled our sag bags with polystyrene beads and have arranged that 19 readers can buy this lovely stuff at a special price (see overleaf).

BACKGROUND: Huge roly-poly floor cushion, 8ft x 3ft, £13.50, covered in black velvet (13yds. of 36in. fabric). TOP. Left to right: 36in. square cushion, £3.50, covered in narrow black/white striped satin (2¼yds. of 45in. fabric); 45in. square cushion, £4.50, covered in red/black/white striped Tricel jersey (2yds. of 45in. fabric); 45in. round cushion, £4.50, covered in black/white striped satin (2½yds. of 45in. fabric).

CENTRE. Left to right: 16in. round cushion, 70p., covered in black/white striped rayon and lurex (1yd. of 45in. fabric); 36in. x 11in. bolster, £2, covered in cotton poplin and gingham (13/4yds. and lyd. of 36in. fabric); 36in. x 11in. bolster, £2, covered in red cotton poplin and striped Polyster cotton (1¾yds. and 1 yd. of 36in. fabric).

BOTTOM. Left to right: Our expanded polystyrene bead sag bag (polystyrene £2) covered in red/white spot cotton (5yds. of 36in. fabric); 16in. feather cushion, 70p., covered in red/white spot rayon Honan (1 ½yds. of 36in. fabric); our sag bag, covered in 5yds of black cotton sailcloth.

GIRL: Cotton Vincel halter-neck top, £2.95. White cotton bags, £5.95. Both by Lizzie Carr for Plain Clothes. Socks, from Woolworth, 18p. Peep-toe shoes, from Biba, £6.50. Telephone metallised by Ryman Interiors Ltd. (It costs £7.50 to have your phone treated like this.)

Model is Renate Zatsch

Photographed by Karl Stoecker.

Scanned from 19 Magazine, July 1972.

We’re Morocco Bound

1970s, Andreas Heumann, Browns, Corinne Bricaire, Fiorelli, French Connection, Inspirational Images, Jane Cattlin, jap, Joseph, kenzo, Lawrence Corner, Mari Ka'lma'n Meller, Over 21, Pierre D'Alby, Sacha, Vintage Editorials, Zucchi

Summer sophistication in the softest possible cotton. Jane Cattlin’s evening dress (£56) has rouleau straps, a handkerchief-point layered skirt and a huge, wraparound, printed matching shawl (not in the picture). At Chic of Hampstead, Heath Street, NW3 . Gilt and coral necklace (about £9) by Mari Ka’lma’n Meller at Feathers, 43 Kensington High Street, W8.

We’re Morocco-bound with a case full of the soft, sweet cottons you’ll be wearing this summer…

Hair by Kelly.

Photographed by Andreas Heumann.

Scanned from Over 21 Magazine, July 1976.

Loose, easy, basic caftan shape for a classic djellaba (£7.95) by Zucchi at Fenwick, New Bond Street, W1.

Supersoft sunburn-saver: a full peasant smock (£17.95 with matching scarf, not shown) and harem pants (£15.95) in shaded fine cheesecloth. By Fiorella at Joseph, 33 Kings Road, SW3.

Long cheesecloth dress to wear any way, any time (£22.50) by Pierre d’Alby at Jumi, 278 High Holborn, WC1. We’ve added shape with a big, brown leather wraparound belt (£8.50) at Henry Lehr, 13 South Molton Street, W1. Sandals (£13 .99) at Russell & Bromley, 24 New Bond Street, W1.

Cool, long dress for a heatwave in extra fine cheesecloth with drawstrings around the waist and under the bosom (£23.95) by Pierre d’Alby at Match, 7 Vere Street, W1. Leather sandals (£1.99) at Eastern Bazaar, 111 Oxford Street, W1.

Very full three-tier skirt (£16.95) by Pierre d’Alby at Jumi, High Holborn, WC1, worn with a leather-trimmed brown canvas waistcoat (£25.95) by Jap, at Jap and Joseph, 20 Brompton Road, SW3 . Leather purse (53p) from a selection at Laurence Corner, 62 Hampstead Road, NW1. Flat sandals (£4.99) at branches of Sacha.

Simple cheesecloth, cleverly coloured blue and mauve for drawstring blouse (£5.50) and dirndl skirt (£9) both by French Connection at Cane, 170 Walton Street, SW3. Woven cotton waistcoat by Corine Bricaire (£12) at Browns, 27 South Molton Street, W1. Wraparound top on the right (around £2.95) by Global Editions at all branches of Fifth Avenue. Skirt (£8.50) by French Connection. Necklace (30p) from Miss Selfridge, Duke Street, W1.

Seaglass

1970s, barbara daly, Hair and make-up, Inspirational Images, leonard, Make-up, Revlon, The White House, Titfers, Vogue

Barbara Daly for Revlon: inspired by Revlon’s Seaglass colours, she changed the shape of this summer’s face – bringing the focus between the brows with Sky Violet Shiny Eye Shadow in a Jar and Plum Shine Eye Gleamer; Charcoal Plum Brush-on Mascara on the lashes. Colour carried on to the cheeks with Luminesque Plum Cream Blusher, the rest of the skin paled with Creamy Ivory Touch & Glow Face Powder. On the lips: Seaglass Copper and Seaglass Topaz. The scent? Intimate of course, to match the pure silk satin bed jacket from The White House, New Bond St. Silver grey skull-cap by Titfers; hair hidden by John of Leonard.

Model is Susan Moncur.

Photographed by Barry Lategan.

Scanned from Beauty in Vogue, Summer 1972.

Barbara Daly, brilliant freelance make-up artist, worked with Revlon new Seaglass colours to create, page 45, “for me, as a working class girl, the perfect fantasy”. She used violets and smudgy plums and feels muted colours will be round the eyes, contrasting with small neat mouths, darkly coloured.

What’s underground and up in the clouds

1970s, grace coddington, Illustrations, Inspirational Images, mr fish, pablo and delia, ravel, Vogue

Left: Amongst fantastic thoughts and future clothes, ideas painted by Pablo and Delia, a real dream girl in their sky blue leather, dipping up and down in two skirts, painted in panoramas. Handpainted belt and headband. To order at Mr Fish. Tights by Mary Quant, 18s. 11d, Galeries Lafayette. Patent platform shoes threaded through with ribbons here, 10 gns, at Ravel, New Bond St, Kings Rd. Hair by Oliver of Leonard. Below: Pablo and Delia in their own caricature clothes

“Art mystification is finished. We don’t like artists’ categories. We are painters, and we have chosen fashion because it is a very, very lively manifestation, and we want to make free things, to create all the possibilities, in the language of fashion.” Pablo and Delia, looking like creatures of Bavarian fantasy, made to live in Mad Ludwig’s castles, come, in fact, all smiles, irrepressible, from Argentina. “But what we do is not necessary there,” so they have wandered through Paris, New York and now London, with their vision of a splendoured exotic world, inhabited by “caricature people”. They make belts and bags of imaginary land-scapes, rainbow-coloured shoes and leathers. They met at art school in Buenos Aires, and were doing environments, which Laurence Alloway praised, of craters and clouds, stars and flowers and girl astronauts. They started an underground fashion magazine, which must have been very much the first of its kind, and plan to do the same here in London. They are craftsmen, “If you can’t make with your hands what you want, you must be an industrial manufacturer, and that’s bad for your face —you lose it.” They are, as they say in Spanish, very “yiyish”. “That means,” says Pablo with a smile, “very groovy.”

Model is Grace Coddington.

Illustration by Delia and Pablo.

Photographed by Barry Lategan.

Scanned from Vogue, April 1st 1970.